Patty Hearst - Part 1

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Patty Hearst - Early Access!

In this episode, Hailee is bewitched by Patty Hearst. The nineteen year old granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper publisher who owned a media conglomerate, was living a mostly normal life, engaged to be married, attending classes at UC Berkley. But everything changed when she was kidnapped by a radical political group who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. In this episode, learn about the life of Patricia Hearst before the kidnapping, the details of that terrible night in February of 1974, and the demands the SLA gave the Hearst’s for Patricia’s release.

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Sources

• Patty Hearst
• Whose Side Was She On? 'American Heiress' Revisits Patty Hearst's Kidnapping
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• Social Science and Coercion as a Defense in Kidnapping Cases Patricia Hearst: Kidnap Victim to Criminal?
• The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• APRIL 3, 1974
• Patty Hearst Trial (1976)

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